Shipping-case-cover-sealing fastener.



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H. L. STALEY. SHIPPING CASE COVER SEALING FASTENER.

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Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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HARRISON L. STALEY, 0F MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOE T0 RICHMOND CEDARWORKS, 013 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Application filed June 16, 1913. Serial No. 773,881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, HARRISON L. STALEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Martinsville, in the county of Morgan and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Shipping Case Cover Sealing Fastener, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon;

This invention relates to vessels for containing or carrying variousarticles or substances and has reference more particularly to pails orpackages in which articles may be shipped and from which the articlesmay be retailed, the invention relating more specifically to shippingcases having combination cover fastening and sealing appliances,portions of the appliances being adapted for temporarily holding thecovers of the packages in place after the packages are lawfully openedand retained while retailing the contents thereof.

An object of the invention is to provide a vessel or shipping case witha cover fastener that shall be so constructed as to be adapted foreffectually affording sealing protection, especially during shipment ofthe receptacle or case.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shipping case coversealing fastener that shall be adapted to be cheaply produced andreadily appliedand without being liable to .be accidentally fracturedeither in application or use, as through twisting strains incidental tothe twisting together of wire fasteners.

A further object of theinvention is to provide a combination sealingcover fastener that shall be so constructed as to'be adapted to fastenand seal a vessel cover made of two or more pieces of thin veneer gluedor cevmented together so as to prevent access to the package except bybreaking the seal or destroying the cover or top of the vessel.

With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the inventionconsists in a container or shipping case of improved construction andprovided with a novel cover sealing fastener comprising a plurality ofparts adapted for securing and also sealing the cover to the vessel orcase, parts of the sealing fastener being adapted for temporarilyretaining the cover on the vessel.

The invention consists also in certain novel features of constructionand in .the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts ashereinafter more particularly described and further defined in theaccompanying claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theinvention, as preferably constructed, a portion of the vessel or casebeing broken away; Fig. 2 is a' fragmentary section approximately on theplane of the line AA in Fig. 1; Fig. .3 isa fragmentary perspective Viewof the sealing fastener; Fig. 4: is an inverted perspective view of apart of the sealing fastener; Fig. 5 is a section approximately on theplane of the line B B in Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a section approximately onthe plane of the line C G in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary section ofthe sealing fastener partially completed; as when connecting the partsthereof together; Fig. 8 isa top plan of the vessel or shipping casehaving the invention applied thereto in a slightly modified form; Fig. 9is a fragmentary plan showing a part of the sealing fastener unfolded;Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the shipping case having a laminated orveener' cover and provided with the improvement in a slightly modifiedform; Fig. 11 is a fragmentary section approximately on the plane of theline D D in Fig. 10; Fig. 12 is a section on the line E E in Fig. 11;Fig. 13 is a perspective view of one of the parts of the modified formof sealing fastener unfolded; Fig. 14 is a top plan of the modified formof vessel partially broken away and showing the difierent layerscomprising the veneer top, portions of the sealing fastener beingconnected therewith; and Fig. 15 is a fragmentary section as on theplane of the line D D in Fig. 10 showing the sealing fastener partiallycompleted.

Similar reference characters throughout the drawings indicate likeelements or features of construction herein referred to.

As illustrative of the construction and application of the invention abucket or pail type of vessel or shipping case is shown and comprises abody portion or side wall 1 formed of suitable material and provided inits lower portion with a bottom 2, the lower and upper portions of thewall being provided respectively with suitable metallic hoops 8 and 4.preferably drawn tightly into grooves 5 and 6 respectively that areformed as an improvement in the exterior of the wall or body portion,the upper portion of the wall being provided with ears 7 and 8 to. whicha bail 9 is connected. A suitable cover 10 is removablyplaced upon thetop of the wall and in some cases may have underlying layers 10' and 10so as to constitute a laminated cover composed of thin veneer arrangedwith the grain of the different layers in crossed relation, so that thefastening devices shall have contact transversely with the grain of thewood of one or more of the layers without liability of splitting thewood longitudinally of the grain.

The invention comprises two fastening devices which preferably arecomposed of two pieces of wire respectively and bent substantiallyalike, one wire being bent at its middle portion to form a loop 11 fromwhich two rod portions 12 and 13 extend so as to lie flat upon the coverof the vessel, the rod portions being bent so as to extend downwardalong the exterior of the body of the vessel so as to form lug portions14: and 15 respectively that are suitably connected at a suitabledistance apart to the body by forming spiral coils 16 and 17 on the endsof the lug portions respectively and so as to be wrapped about andconnected to the hoop 4:. The remaining piece of wire is bent at itsmiddle portion so as to form a loop llfrom which extends two rods 12 and13 that are bent down to form lugs 14 and 15 that have spiral coils 16and 17' formed thereon respectively and wrapped about and connected alsoto the hoop 4; at a suitable distance apart. The loops 11 and 11 arearranged so as to be relatively close to the middle portion of the coverof the vessel and the connections of the lug portions may movehinge-like on the hoop so that the rod portions may be moved away fromthe cover to permit the latter to be removed from the body portion ofthe vessel when selling the contents thereof, the lug portions, however,when lying upon the cover acting to retain the cover in its normalposition. The rod portions as will be seen collectively have four pointsof contact with the edge of the cover. In some cases, however, threepoints of contact may be all that is desired, one of the fasteningdevices comprising only one rod portion 13 having the lug portion 15f asabove described and also bent so as to form a loop 11" that is arrangedin proximity to the loop 11, this modification being shown in Fig. 8.

The remaining part of the sealing fastener is composed of a metallicstrip or oblong plate bent to constitute a link having a tie portion 18that extends under the loops 11 and 11' and loop portions 19 and 20embracing the loops 11 and 11 respectively, there being end portions 21and 22 on the plate that extend from the loops in superimposed relationupon the tie portion. After partially forming the link as in Fig. 7 theportions 21 and 22 are pressed down upon the tie portion 18 and thethree portions are crimped together so as to form a crowning or archedmiddle portion 23 with the edges of the portions extending downward inproximity one to another, and portions of the sides of the arch thusformed are pressed inward so as to form indentations 2 1 and 25 whichlock the several parts together, so that neither portion 22 nor 21 canbe drawn away one from the other nor from the tie portion 18 withoutdistorting the portions and making it impossible to again interlock themwithout a specially devised implement or leaving tell tale distortionsor fractures of the metal.

It should be understood that the different portions of the link may bevariously connected and secured together, an example of a modified formof connection being illustrated in Figs. 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15, in whichthe portions 21 and 22 are folded over onto the tie portion 18 as abovedescribed so as to link the loops 11 and 11 together, after whichperforations 26, 27 and 28 are made at one operation in the portions 22,21 and 18 without removing any of the metal but forcing the metalthrough the openings so as to form flanges 29, 30 and 31, one withinanother, which flanges are turned over as are eyelets so as to beinterlocked one with another and effectually secure the differentportions of the link together. V

In practical use the cover of the receptacle or case is securely heldagainst displacement and effectually sealed as hereinbefore described inwhich condition the package is shipped, and when in the hands of theultimate purchaser may be opened by destroying the link after which theremaining portions of the fastener may be moved apart to permit theremoval of the cover, which if again replaced may be temporarily held inposition by means of the rodsreplaced to their normal position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is j 1. Animproved sealing fastener appliance comprising two wire sections thatare each bent to form a loop, the sections being adapted to be connectedto a receptable body, and a connecting and sealing device composed of asheet metal plate bent over at two portions and constituting a tieportion having two loops adapted to be connected to the respective loopsof the wire sections, the device having two end portions adapted to besuperimposed on the tie portion, portions of the metal of the tieportion and the two end portions of said device being adaptable fornon-detachable locking engagement each with the'other.

2. In a sealing fastener, the combination detachably locked to the tieportion and also 10 with a plurality of fastening Wires having to theremaining end portion.

each a loop, of a connecting and sealing de- In testimony whereof, Iaflix my signature Vice formed of a sheet metal plate bent over inpresence of tWo Witnesses. at two portions and constituting a tie por-HARRISON L STALEY tion having tWo loops connected to the respectiveloops of the Wires, the device having Witnesses:

end portions superimposed on the tie por- R. F. WILLIAMS, tion, one endportion being fixedly and non- G. M. Pnnxms.

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